Post by leokeeler on Oct 31, 2018 11:50:00 GMT -7
The campaign letter below by Ms. Rakela is great political smoke and mirrors. I’ve added information she does not want you to know in Bold Blue Italics
October 27, 2018
The IRS allows taxpayers to round off their payments to the nearest dollar.
In 2014/15 the GLA Board raised Land assessments 10% from $191.00 to $210.10.
Many people either didn't notice the extra 10 cents or rounded off their payment to $210.00, so, the GLA Board spent $ .45 + envelope to bill landowners for $ .10, AND they expected landowners to spend $ .45 + envelope to mail a check for $ .10.
The GLA Board eventually used common sense and reduced the assessment to a flat $210.00.
Last year the GLA Board removed the voting rights of any landowner who mistakenly left off 10 cents from their assessment payment claiming they were in violation of the covenants.
The GLA secretary stated that if landowners owed ONE PENNY that they would be in violation of the covenants and forfeit their voting right.
Kathleen Rakela believes every effort should be made for landowners to vote. She fought for landowners to keep their voting rights if they only owed petty amounts on assessments or paid their full assessment by the election date.
Unfortunately, GLA governing documents allow the GLA BOARD "the power to interpret all the provisions of these Bylaws..." and "adopt Rules and Regulations..." So... the board can legally make insensible decisions and waste your money like they did when they spent over 18K in attorney fees defending their decision to take away YOUR PRECIOUS VOTING RIGHTS IF YOU OWE ONE CENT.
Ms. Rakela says she fought for voting rights, but it is not mentioned that her original lawsuit was only about her violation of covenants for over a year which caused her rejection as a Board candidate. Ms. Rakela's original lawsuit, plus additions, has cost GLA over $20,000 and no fault was found with GLA actions.
The voting rights issue was an add on to Rakela’s ongoing lawsuit to make a Petition part of the challenge to GLA and included the addition of Clare Parker, Ed Doborowski and Rudy Parker as plaintiffs. They dropped out of the lawsuit before it was settled. Only they know the real reason the jumped in and out so quickly.
Over 90 landowners, including the current GLA Board President, have been in violation of the covenants for some time having failed to turn in their well logs as required in covenant 5.12. The board forgave all these violations and those landowners were allowed to vote.t The Board President was also allowed to continue serving on the board with no repercussion or reprimand for his violation of the covenants.
The well log issue was a complaint filed by Ms. Rakela against two candidates she did not like just 40 days before the election. She submitted her well logs a week before filing the complaint to correct her own misgivings. Enforcing the well log issue covenant would have taken 105 landowners rights to vote.
Board Member Leo Keller DID NOT inform the board that he himself had a division of property when he split his house into two dwelling and failed to pay his assessment for this second dwelling at the same time he motioned and led a charge against Kathleen Rakela to remove her from the ballot for her delay in informing the board of a family conveyance.
The board failed to reprimand Board Member Keeler for this covenant violation and apparently forgave him for a whole year of assessments for his 2nd dwelling.tt
The Keeler second dwelling issue does not present that a precedent was established in 2015 when President Dan Kehoe had Director Ed Dobrowski remove a stove for Pedro Penardo so his garage would not qualify as having cooking facilities and thus meet all requirements of a second dwelling. I challenged the Board to modify enforcement standards on what counted as cooking facilities. My lower level still does not have a stove, but a hotplate and microwave now count as cooking facilities.
I offered to pay a full year second dwelling assessment. However, the GLA standard that was developed when numerous previously discovered second dwelling were found was to charge only from the date the Board declared the existence of a second dwelling. The Board declined my offer.
Candidate Andrea Sedlak's main residence is in Maryland. One of her lots is represented by her husband/common law husband, Mark Seaver, a current board member who also lives in Maryland. If Sedlak is elected to the Board 33% of the South Glastonbury Board decision-making will be made by this one Maryland household.
Ms. Rakela makes an issue out of the fact Sedlak and Seaver, husband and wife, may be on the Board and fails to identify that her Co-Plaintiffs in sueing GLA Clare Parker and Ed Dobrowski are a mother and son who may also be on the Board at the same time. The May 2018 Conflict of Interest Policy addresses having two “immediate family members” on the Board.
Andrea is an extremely intelligent person and has participated in numerous Board meetings and sits on the Election Committee, as well helping to stop the asphalt plant we heard about this spring. I believe her involvement has contributed greatly to GLA and she will be a “GREAT BOARD MEMBER.” – she’s got my vote.
On 10/13/17 Board Member Mark Sever threatened to sue Kathleen Rakela in Maryland for harassment and stalking because she accidently sent a single email to his personal account. Seaver wrote, "l consider someone sending GLA related emails to my personal email rather than my GLA email address to be stalking and harassment. If you continue, I will be filing a harassment and stalking lawsuit against you in my home jurisdiction of Maryland."
I believe all Board members have second email accounts to enable them to separate personal and GLA email. My GLA email is leo.gla@akwildlife.com, yet I still get GLA stuff in my other accounts. Some people will only change and use your proper account if they see how serious a problem it is.
Picking segments of communications to present to voters is a technic shady politicians are using in our National and State elections – so it’s not a surprise to see it here.
Rakela DID NOT MESS UP THE 2016 ELECTION. it was the GLA board who messed it up. Rakela's payment in question was on time. Rakela DID NOT do anything deceitful.
Rakela respectfully asked candidate Ladewig to retract her statements but Ladewig refused.
I believe the late payment Jerry talked about is the payment that mysteriously appeared in Treasurer Rudy Parkers hands the morning of the 2016 election. I’ve heard numerous theories how that happened, even Ms. Rakela showing up in disguise and dropping it off. That late payment did cause the confusion and recount. If it was the GLA Board that caused the problem, the Director responsible for it was Treasurer Rudy Parker, Rakela’s Co-Plaintiff in the lawsuit.
Jerry Ladewig is a respected member of GLA who fought and successfully prevented an asphalt plant from being set up less than 1/2 mile from North Glastonbury residents. Plus she was greatly involved in stopping the questionable gold mining operation in Emigrant Gulch. I admire her passion for helping and serving neighbors and think she would make a “GREAT” GLA Director - she has my vote.
The GLA board paid their treasurer over $1,000 to continue a witch hunt for something wrong in Rakela's assessment payments and went back several years. After wasting $1,000, the GLA treasurer found that Rakela had actually OVERPAID her assessments and was sent a refund..
I believe Ms. Rakela falsely states the GLA Treasurer was paid "over $1,000 to continue a witch hunt for something wrong in Rakela's assessments" unless Rudy Parker received some type payment. As a Director, I do not recall any action even considering to pay 2017 or 2018 Treasurers anything.
The GLA Board apologized to Rakela at the June annual meeting and sent out this written apology to membership:
The GLA Board did send the apology statement for the accounting errors in 2016, because it was a requirement for Ms. Rakela to agree to a Settlement Agreement to end the lawsuit. Again this apology is about errors which occurred while her friend Rudy Parker was Treasurer and that he did not respond or improperly responded to her notifications. That apology was all the reward Ms. Rakela received for her lawsuit which cost GLA over $20,000. What GLA received was the attached Court's "Finding of Facts and Conclusion of Law and Order" supporting GLA's actions and giving direction for GLA's future. Should her pride have cost GLA so much?
If you have questions or would like an explanation regarding anything here please email
k.rakela@runbox.com.
6-11-18 GLA Board Meeting Minutes:
tThe GLA Board votes to waive enforcement of Covenant 5.12 (d) and will not disqualify any landowners from voting in the 2017 and 2018 elections.
tt2.6. Second dwelling assessment for Keeler. Keeler started a vacation rental last year and decided to continue this season, living downstairs. Home is a standard split level; living area up and down, lockable doors separate the two living areas... Regina will add Keeler's second dwelling assessment starting in July.
These Board minutes do not accurately describe my home, built by international concert pianist Marcia McCarry. It is a split level with a kitchen/pantry, dinning, living room, 1 bedroom, bathroom and washroom upstairs and two bedrooms, bathroom and very large music room downstairs. There are no kitchen cabinets, kitchen sink, stove, etc to make the area into a standard split level with a second living space for a family.
Common Sense is just like personal opinions – everyone sees things differently. I hope my view of how things transpired gives a fuller picture and helps readers ask questions they have as they decide to vote.
Above I’ve identified that I am supporting and voting for Jerry and Andrea. Those wondering should know my 3rd vote goes to Ken Hurley. Ken has been to almost every Board and Road Committee meeting since moving here, and was elected to the Road Committee in Sept. In his business life he dealt with international companies and I believe has great planning and problem resolution skills that will be of great benefit to GLA.
Leo Keeler leo.gla@akwildlife.com
October 27, 2018
COMMON SENSE & COMMON CENTS
Please read before voting for GL4 Board Members:
Please read before voting for GL4 Board Members:
The IRS allows taxpayers to round off their payments to the nearest dollar.
In 2014/15 the GLA Board raised Land assessments 10% from $191.00 to $210.10.
Many people either didn't notice the extra 10 cents or rounded off their payment to $210.00, so, the GLA Board spent $ .45 + envelope to bill landowners for $ .10, AND they expected landowners to spend $ .45 + envelope to mail a check for $ .10.
The GLA Board eventually used common sense and reduced the assessment to a flat $210.00.
Last year the GLA Board removed the voting rights of any landowner who mistakenly left off 10 cents from their assessment payment claiming they were in violation of the covenants.
The GLA secretary stated that if landowners owed ONE PENNY that they would be in violation of the covenants and forfeit their voting right.
Kathleen Rakela believes every effort should be made for landowners to vote. She fought for landowners to keep their voting rights if they only owed petty amounts on assessments or paid their full assessment by the election date.
Unfortunately, GLA governing documents allow the GLA BOARD "the power to interpret all the provisions of these Bylaws..." and "adopt Rules and Regulations..." So... the board can legally make insensible decisions and waste your money like they did when they spent over 18K in attorney fees defending their decision to take away YOUR PRECIOUS VOTING RIGHTS IF YOU OWE ONE CENT.
Ms. Rakela says she fought for voting rights, but it is not mentioned that her original lawsuit was only about her violation of covenants for over a year which caused her rejection as a Board candidate. Ms. Rakela's original lawsuit, plus additions, has cost GLA over $20,000 and no fault was found with GLA actions.
The voting rights issue was an add on to Rakela’s ongoing lawsuit to make a Petition part of the challenge to GLA and included the addition of Clare Parker, Ed Doborowski and Rudy Parker as plaintiffs. They dropped out of the lawsuit before it was settled. Only they know the real reason the jumped in and out so quickly.
Over 90 landowners, including the current GLA Board President, have been in violation of the covenants for some time having failed to turn in their well logs as required in covenant 5.12. The board forgave all these violations and those landowners were allowed to vote.t The Board President was also allowed to continue serving on the board with no repercussion or reprimand for his violation of the covenants.
The well log issue was a complaint filed by Ms. Rakela against two candidates she did not like just 40 days before the election. She submitted her well logs a week before filing the complaint to correct her own misgivings. Enforcing the well log issue covenant would have taken 105 landowners rights to vote.
Board Member Leo Keller DID NOT inform the board that he himself had a division of property when he split his house into two dwelling and failed to pay his assessment for this second dwelling at the same time he motioned and led a charge against Kathleen Rakela to remove her from the ballot for her delay in informing the board of a family conveyance.
The board failed to reprimand Board Member Keeler for this covenant violation and apparently forgave him for a whole year of assessments for his 2nd dwelling.tt
The Keeler second dwelling issue does not present that a precedent was established in 2015 when President Dan Kehoe had Director Ed Dobrowski remove a stove for Pedro Penardo so his garage would not qualify as having cooking facilities and thus meet all requirements of a second dwelling. I challenged the Board to modify enforcement standards on what counted as cooking facilities. My lower level still does not have a stove, but a hotplate and microwave now count as cooking facilities.
I offered to pay a full year second dwelling assessment. However, the GLA standard that was developed when numerous previously discovered second dwelling were found was to charge only from the date the Board declared the existence of a second dwelling. The Board declined my offer.
Candidate Andrea Sedlak's main residence is in Maryland. One of her lots is represented by her husband/common law husband, Mark Seaver, a current board member who also lives in Maryland. If Sedlak is elected to the Board 33% of the South Glastonbury Board decision-making will be made by this one Maryland household.
Ms. Rakela makes an issue out of the fact Sedlak and Seaver, husband and wife, may be on the Board and fails to identify that her Co-Plaintiffs in sueing GLA Clare Parker and Ed Dobrowski are a mother and son who may also be on the Board at the same time. The May 2018 Conflict of Interest Policy addresses having two “immediate family members” on the Board.
Andrea is an extremely intelligent person and has participated in numerous Board meetings and sits on the Election Committee, as well helping to stop the asphalt plant we heard about this spring. I believe her involvement has contributed greatly to GLA and she will be a “GREAT BOARD MEMBER.” – she’s got my vote.
On 10/13/17 Board Member Mark Sever threatened to sue Kathleen Rakela in Maryland for harassment and stalking because she accidently sent a single email to his personal account. Seaver wrote, "l consider someone sending GLA related emails to my personal email rather than my GLA email address to be stalking and harassment. If you continue, I will be filing a harassment and stalking lawsuit against you in my home jurisdiction of Maryland."
I believe all Board members have second email accounts to enable them to separate personal and GLA email. My GLA email is leo.gla@akwildlife.com, yet I still get GLA stuff in my other accounts. Some people will only change and use your proper account if they see how serious a problem it is.
Candidate Jerry Ladewig is another one who claimed in her Bio that she has "honesty, integrity... & care about people." However, she sent malicious emails to GLA Member stating that Kathleen Rakela's "payment was so late it was questionably on time" ... now she has "messed up" the (2016) election ... her actions were "deceitful."
Picking segments of communications to present to voters is a technic shady politicians are using in our National and State elections – so it’s not a surprise to see it here.
Rakela DID NOT MESS UP THE 2016 ELECTION. it was the GLA board who messed it up. Rakela's payment in question was on time. Rakela DID NOT do anything deceitful.
Rakela respectfully asked candidate Ladewig to retract her statements but Ladewig refused.
I believe the late payment Jerry talked about is the payment that mysteriously appeared in Treasurer Rudy Parkers hands the morning of the 2016 election. I’ve heard numerous theories how that happened, even Ms. Rakela showing up in disguise and dropping it off. That late payment did cause the confusion and recount. If it was the GLA Board that caused the problem, the Director responsible for it was Treasurer Rudy Parker, Rakela’s Co-Plaintiff in the lawsuit.
Jerry Ladewig is a respected member of GLA who fought and successfully prevented an asphalt plant from being set up less than 1/2 mile from North Glastonbury residents. Plus she was greatly involved in stopping the questionable gold mining operation in Emigrant Gulch. I admire her passion for helping and serving neighbors and think she would make a “GREAT” GLA Director - she has my vote.
The GLA board paid their treasurer over $1,000 to continue a witch hunt for something wrong in Rakela's assessment payments and went back several years. After wasting $1,000, the GLA treasurer found that Rakela had actually OVERPAID her assessments and was sent a refund..
I believe Ms. Rakela falsely states the GLA Treasurer was paid "over $1,000 to continue a witch hunt for something wrong in Rakela's assessments" unless Rudy Parker received some type payment. As a Director, I do not recall any action even considering to pay 2017 or 2018 Treasurers anything.
The GLA Board apologized to Rakela at the June annual meeting and sent out this written apology to membership:
The board apologizes to Kathleen Rakela for an accounting error in 2016. She notified the board more than once about this error, however it was not corrected before the 2016 election and caused problems with her vote and the 2016 election for which she was not responsible.
The GLA Board did send the apology statement for the accounting errors in 2016, because it was a requirement for Ms. Rakela to agree to a Settlement Agreement to end the lawsuit. Again this apology is about errors which occurred while her friend Rudy Parker was Treasurer and that he did not respond or improperly responded to her notifications. That apology was all the reward Ms. Rakela received for her lawsuit which cost GLA over $20,000. What GLA received was the attached Court's "Finding of Facts and Conclusion of Law and Order" supporting GLA's actions and giving direction for GLA's future. Should her pride have cost GLA so much?
BRING BACK COMMON SENSE TO THE GLA BOARD VOTE FOR KATHLEEN RAKELA!
If you have questions or would like an explanation regarding anything here please email
k.rakela@runbox.com.
6-11-18 GLA Board Meeting Minutes:
tThe GLA Board votes to waive enforcement of Covenant 5.12 (d) and will not disqualify any landowners from voting in the 2017 and 2018 elections.
tt2.6. Second dwelling assessment for Keeler. Keeler started a vacation rental last year and decided to continue this season, living downstairs. Home is a standard split level; living area up and down, lockable doors separate the two living areas... Regina will add Keeler's second dwelling assessment starting in July.
These Board minutes do not accurately describe my home, built by international concert pianist Marcia McCarry. It is a split level with a kitchen/pantry, dinning, living room, 1 bedroom, bathroom and washroom upstairs and two bedrooms, bathroom and very large music room downstairs. There are no kitchen cabinets, kitchen sink, stove, etc to make the area into a standard split level with a second living space for a family.
Common Sense is just like personal opinions – everyone sees things differently. I hope my view of how things transpired gives a fuller picture and helps readers ask questions they have as they decide to vote.
Above I’ve identified that I am supporting and voting for Jerry and Andrea. Those wondering should know my 3rd vote goes to Ken Hurley. Ken has been to almost every Board and Road Committee meeting since moving here, and was elected to the Road Committee in Sept. In his business life he dealt with international companies and I believe has great planning and problem resolution skills that will be of great benefit to GLA.
Leo Keeler leo.gla@akwildlife.com